Student Loan Blog

Alexandria, Virginia-based Goal Financial is the most recent student loan company to reach a settlement with the New York Attorney General’s office, whose investigation into the student loan industry revealed that several lenders used deceptive marketing practices to lure borrowers, The New York Times reports (“Another Student Loan Company ...

Signs of depression: Loss of appetite Loss of interest in daily activities Loss of energy Hopelessness Self-loathing Recommendations for treatment:Don’t go shopping.Primed for Sadness, People Spend MoreA recent research experiment shows that people who exhibit signs of depression tend to be more willing to cough up the dough, according to ...

Spurred by the monolithic popularity of iTunes and the decline of CD sales, veteran online retailers like Amazon.com, start-ups like SpiralFrog and other companies are clamoring to get into the fray of digital music on demand.   With so much competition, consumers can get great deals and music options, depending on what they’re looking ...

To be hip is to be successful. And these days you see hip people, hip marketing and hip writing all climbing the success ladder with the ease with which Barry Bonds can smash a baseball out of the park.   So it’s no wonder why hip Apple products like iPods, iMacs and iPhones dominate their markets with unparalleled achievement. But there’s ...

I remember when Krispy Kreme™ donuts and In and Out Burger™ first came to Phoenix, Ariz. It was like a feeding frenzy. The public was rabid with anticipation, salivating at the chance to get their hands on one of those “golden” donuts or mouth-watering hamburgers.   The message was clear: you’ve never had a donut (or hamburger) like this, ...

Maybe the iPhones are jealous of the iPods. Maybe this is how Terminator 4 starts, in Durham, N.C., with a campus turf war between Apple handhelds. Duke University, the school that gave away iPods to its incoming freshman class of 2008 and that now sells iPods to any student that wants one for a bargain-busting $99 apiece, has recently seen its ...

Thick books full of practice tests. Books with vocabulary lists. Books offering tips for word problems, reading comprehension and timed essays. Special tutors, rigorous training sessions, and now—the iPod.   As high schoolers gear up for SAT season in the fall, their indispensable iPod has just become an on-the-go way for them to prep for ...

June 29th, 2007. No, it is not a holiday, or the birthday of any historical figure of repute that I am aware of. That date will go down in history as being the birth of Apple’s new much-lauded iPhone. Even if you are not a college super techno-geek, you probably still know what is going on. After all, you could barely open your browser in the last ...